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The U«ht Is still shining in the Sarhnrss. for the darkness has nev
er pul It out. (John 1:5. SoohyctLi
PRATER: We thank Thee, our Father. I hot Thou dost transport us
through darkness into the DgM of Christ and HU saving power. Help
us to be loyal to the church for which Hr gave His Ufe. In His blessed
name we pray. Amen.
Sing Rock-A-By Baby
To Rock ”N" Roll
Thai old-fashioned piece of furniture called the ra
dio may be saved from the antique auctioneer's block af
ter all.
This will come as a depressing piece of news to the
television and movie industries. But while the moguls of
rival media were plotting ways of drivng the wirless un
derground, they overlooked something.
What popcorn did the movies and quiz panels did for
television, rock *n‘ roll music is doing for radio. This is
not based upon hearsay since our slightly dented ear
drums have yet to recover from an afternoon of search
ing the radio for anything except rock ’n’ roll.
The kids love it, say those radio gentlemen called disc
jockeys. And the beautiful (ugg) thing about rock n’ roll
music for radio is that it’s so versatile. You can make a
rock ’n’ roll tune out of anything from a Mother Goose
rhyme to a mam bo and it all sounds the same — even the
lyrics.
It’s all really simple. Take ROCK AROUND MOTHER
GOOSE, for example. This is the inspired lyric:
ROCK. ROCK, ROCK A-ROUND MOTHER GOOSE.
ROCK, ROCK. ROCK A - ROUND MOTHER GOOSE
It’s this maddening repetition that gets you:
“HEY MAM - BO! MAM - BO ROCK! HEY MAM - BO!
MAM-BO! MAMBO-ROCK!”
The supply is endless.
The top - selling record in the music industry. is the
ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ.
All of which points up that radio is on a mass rock
’n’ roll binge which seems destined to stay with us awhile.
We aren’t complaining, although we have become slightly
tone deaf since the onslaught. But we do have a sugges
tion. In the words of a song from an earlier more expres
sive musical era: W’LL BE GLAD WHEN YOURE DEAD.
YOU RASCAL, YOU.
It had been a terrific fire and now, after winning a
bitter court battle with the insurance company, thfc own
er of the burned-out business was in his attorney's office
receiving his money. “Hey, aren’t you taking out quite a
percentage?” the businessman complained. “This case
has been in litigation for some time,” the lawyer protest
ed. “I think my charge is fair. “For the love of Mike,”
the client mumbled sourly, “you’d think YOU started the
fire.” — High Point Enterprise.
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- - —-— —
House Of Ziegfield
Set For TV Shows
NEW YORK U*—The ‘House
That Ziegfeld Built' is being put
into shape so you can turn on your
television set and have a center
section aisle seat in this beautiful
theater that has sheltered a wide
range of tenants, from "Show
Boat” to BHIy Rose.
The National Broadcasting Com
pany's designers and engineers are
deep in the business of making the
Ziegfeld Theater safe for color tele
vision. NBC expect* to have it in
operation as a color studio early
next fall
nose, who has owned the Zieg
feld for the past 12 years, has
leased it to NBC for a long term
at a long figure. One part of the
house the workmen won't touch is
the high-up luxurious apartment in
the front of the building that Rose
calls home He remains undisturb
ed.
NOT MUCH CHANGE
Actually, the rest of the theater
won’t be changed too much. There
won't be any wholesale removal erf
seats, as usually happens when a
legit bouse is turned Into a TV
studio and the stage will still be
recognizable.
“After we get this ready as a
color studio, you could still move
a theater attraction in here and
play it without a hitch,” said Sol
Corflberg. director of studio and
plant planning for NBC, who is in
charge of designing new NBC col
or studios in Burbank. Calif,.
Brooklyn and Chicago, as well as
at the Ziegfeki
"Two rows of seats will be re
moved from the center of the main
floor, right.under the balcony edge.
A few will be taken out at each
side about a third of the way back.
And that's all.
“There will not be a lot of cam
eras. platforms and equipment be
tween the audience and the show
* being telecast, as is the case in
most deals such as this-. The or
chestra pit will remain as' it is,
and when we have the type of show
that calls for an audience, pit band
and stage in their accepted theater
position, the musicians will play in
the pit.
NO AUDIENCE
“Some shows well put in here
will not have audiences. For ex
ample. should Sir Caesar use this
house for his show, there prtdiably
will be no audience He’s exprwsaed.
a denire to work without one.
“An innovation — still on the
drying board' Is what I call
an aerial camera There will be a
track the full width of the balcony
edge, about half way back in the
auditorium On this track will be
a color camera that can move
back and forth as desired or can
be raised 14 feet in the air above
the balcony rail or dropped 14 feet
below the balcony, right over the
audience." Removing the two rows
of seats across the center of the
house is a precautionary safety
measure made necessary by this
camera.
Technically. NBC seems to have
the Ziegfeld under controL Now if
it can just come up with an orig
inal TV production as great as
"Show Boat' . . .
Surrounding Towns
Are Competitors
Seven communities in this immed
iate area—including Dunn. Lillin,:
ton. Angier and Coats in Harnett
County—have entered this year's
“Finer Carolina" contest.
Cash prizes totaling $6,750 wlH
be given to winners. $1000 awards
go to the three top towns, and speci
fic organizations who sponsor out
standing projects will receive $250
Dunn has a number of projects
library, as a memorial to the late
lined up, including erection of a
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Girl-Boy Show
Brings Fines
To 81 Viewers
NEW YORK — Magician Fred
Keating and 81 other men. includ
ing some music teachers, hairdress
ers and designers, paid fine* of 810
each yesterday after being caught
in a raid on a show given by three
female impersonators and a mate
cburdh organist.
Magistrate Hyman Bushel i i
Weekend Court said the fines should
be a warning to others to stay away
from ' 'these degenerate parties."
which he labeled "a public disgrace "
Organist's Apartment
Keith Verhey. 31, the organist,
ot ICS W. 21st St.. In whose four
room apartment the show was
.staged, was released in $2,500 bail
for hearing April 4.
He was charged with possession
of lewd pictures, conducting an un
licensed masquerade, running an
unlicensed theatrical performance
and allowing three males in women's
clothes to put on a show.
As far as the three impersonators
were concerned a wig belonging
to one of them was all the raideis
were able to grab. The trio escaped
out a window’. One was believed
hurt in the mad «- .mbie to get
away, police told me court.
Neighbors Complaint d
Verhey's apartment was raided
late Friday nigh* after neighbois
General Bill Lee. father of V. S.
airborne forces in World War II.
Carolina Power and Light spon
sors the contest Nearby towns which
are participating include Clinton.
Saiemburg and Roseboro. In the
state at Urge, 135 communities are
taking part.
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Many Other Great GE Values
complained of the racket. When
the raiders arrived the three she
men were performing on a small
stage set up in the living room.
Vcrhey was playing an electric
organ 'for accompaniment, The
audience lammed the room and
overflowed into the foyer and an
other room.
In court Bushel had each of the
82 defenaants state his name and
occupation. Besides the hairdressers
music teachers and designers there
were advertising copy writers, ac
countants. file clerks, display art
ists, ohe stnger and one actor bi
sides Keating.
GUESTS OF MSS.
Guests of Mrs. Mattie Washbume
last week included Mrs. Caviness
Brown of tilling ton on Wednesday:
Mr, and Mrs. E. Jf. Pipkin of Broad
way, Route One. Thursday; Mis. A.
L. Mincey and two daughters, Mrs.
Jack Lee and Mrs. Richard Mour
iiig of Wilmington on Saturday.
Duke Hospital treated 23 patients
in a special speech therapy program
last year, supported bv the N. C.
Society for Crippled Children and
Adults, lac. «{ 0
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